I do Creative Writing at university so I'm always writing random shit for class and stuff...
This was my favourite poem that I wrote for my latest assignment... constructive criticism v. welcome.
self portrait
gobble down black jellybeans and
swish swish my mermaid hair.
I’d gamble everything for a bit more sleep
and don’t care that my sunburn
is peeling like the paint on my walls.
I catch the flakes, and imagine the hand
that stuck them there
they might be dead now,
or maybe just sleeping.
stamp stamp
my feet in little girl shoes
but never in puddles.
keep fish scales in my pocket,
maybe I’ll trade them for some
common cents
I make paper birds and watch them
drown in the bath,
remember being dumped at the beach
water-filled lungs drowning me and
the sand that scraped my skin tender
photos lie about who I am
I know ’cause that reflection
isn’t me
I’m that fickle girl who kisses too many boys
and never takes her pills
but the girl in the picture
gives a distorted smile
like she doesn’t mind that I spilt
my juice on her.